Describe the situation here: Running into students out on the town.
Understanding the Situation
a. What might be some underlying causes of the situation that you need to think about?
Students could run into you any time any place. Might use fake ID's to get into the bar or be eating or walking down the street and see you. b. Are there resources within your school that might be of help? If so who and what questions should you ask them?
No c. Are there other resources that might be helpful?
No, maybe bouncers
A Solution
As a teacher, you will often try to address problems by preventing them. That said, things happen in classrooms that cannot be anticipated beforehand and you will have to make decisions about how to address the situation.
a. Decide whether your action is proactive (action aimed at preventing problem) or reactive (action occurs after situation develops).
This is a reactive response. b. Decide what grade level you will "solve" this problem for.
Any level c. Describe what you'll do.
For times that you run into students innocently walking down the road, or eating at the same restaurant, saying Hi asking how they're doing is fair and fine. If this is a time at lets say the bar, two ways to respond that we came up with, either leave immediately or secretly alert the bouncer that the kids drinking are underage alert the manager if you really want but get them out and try not to be detected. d. Describe how you anticipate your action(s) will affect the situation.
Our reactions in no way negatively affect us or students. In no way would they know you got them kicked out of a bar, if you leave then they won't have much to comment on, and nothing is wrong with saying hello in an innocent environment.
Solution Consequences
Before you act to address a classroom situation, you have to anticipate possible consequences of your actions. Spell out some of these effects here:
a. How will you action be perceived by your students?
Normal, l doubt they bring even bring anything up. b. How will your action affect the learning climate in your classroom?
It won't even if a student sees you at the bar they likely will not say anything if you pretend you don't see them because you did nothing wrong and they won't want to expose their fake ID's c. What might your students learn from your action? (Be sure to note both positive and negative lessons.)
Not d. How will your students' parents react to their child's account of your action? (Remember that they will put their own "spin" on what you do.)
I doubt students will tell their parents that they saw their teacher at a bar that they were at illegally, but if they do you can easily explain that being a teacher e. How will your administrator(s) react to your action?
If you explain that you left or had the students bumped out of the bar then I don't see what they can possibly complain about especially if you pretend you didn't seen them. ----
BOTTOM LINE: I SHOULD... Keep outside school relations to a minimum. aka none.
The Situation
Describe the situation here: Running into students out on the town.Understanding the Situation
a. What might be some underlying causes of the situation that you need to think about?
Students could run into you any time any place. Might use fake ID's to get into the bar or be eating or walking down the street and see you.
b. Are there resources within your school that might be of help? If so who and what questions should you ask them?
No
c. Are there other resources that might be helpful?
No, maybe bouncers
A Solution
As a teacher, you will often try to address problems by preventing them. That said, things happen in classrooms that cannot be anticipated beforehand and you will have to make decisions about how to address the situation.a. Decide whether your action is proactive (action aimed at preventing problem) or reactive (action occurs after situation develops).
This is a reactive response.
b. Decide what grade level you will "solve" this problem for.
Any level
c. Describe what you'll do.
For times that you run into students innocently walking down the road, or eating at the same restaurant, saying Hi asking how they're doing is fair and fine. If this is a time at lets say the bar, two ways to respond that we came up with, either leave immediately or secretly alert the bouncer that the kids drinking are underage alert the manager if you really want but get them out and try not to be detected.
d. Describe how you anticipate your action(s) will affect the situation.
Our reactions in no way negatively affect us or students. In no way would they know you got them kicked out of a bar, if you leave then they won't have much to comment on, and nothing is wrong with saying hello in an innocent environment.
Solution Consequences
Before you act to address a classroom situation, you have to anticipate possible consequences of your actions. Spell out some of these effects here:a. How will you action be perceived by your students?
Normal, l doubt they bring even bring anything up.
b. How will your action affect the learning climate in your classroom?
It won't even if a student sees you at the bar they likely will not say anything if you pretend you don't see them because you did nothing wrong and they won't want to expose their fake ID's
c. What might your students learn from your action? (Be sure to note both positive and negative lessons.)
Not
d. How will your students' parents react to their child's account of your action? (Remember that they will put their own "spin" on what you do.)
I doubt students will tell their parents that they saw their teacher at a bar that they were at illegally, but if they do you can easily explain that being a teacher
e. How will your administrator(s) react to your action?
If you explain that you left or had the students bumped out of the bar then I don't see what they can possibly complain about especially if you pretend you didn't seen them.
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BOTTOM LINE: I SHOULD... Keep outside school relations to a minimum. aka none.